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“““““Success is not thekey to happiness.Happiness is the key tosuccess. If you love whatyou are doing, you will besuccessful.”””””

True to the above famousquote, we lovedorganizing the12th Anniversary of our

Association and the result of which was an astoundingsuccess! 16th March 2013, we will be always etched in thehistory of AILBIEA , for, it was on this day, we were blessedwith the honour and privilege to felicitate Mr. Adi Godrej,Chairman, Godrej Group of Companies, that too, at thehands of a very young, dynamic and enterprising UnionMinister for State for I.T. and Communications and also forShipping, Mr. Milind Deora, in the presence of Smt. ShobhaChary, Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs[Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Governmentof India] and host of cream of officials from Customs Portsand top CEOs. from our EXIM Trade.

Exactly 12 years ago, Mr. Adi Godrej was present at thesame venue, and he inaugurated the launch of AILBIEAand had expressed confidence that AILBIEA would makean impact and its presence felt, in short period of time.And, true to his expectations, at the 12th Anniversary

Celebrations, he wasvisibly touched byseeing AILBIEA’stremendous progress insuch a short span oftime.

The Union Minister,Mr. Milind Deora wasvery eloquent andreassuring in his verygood speech hedelivered. He blendedvarious topics and issuesin his short speech,

which had great impact and paid rich tributes to Mr. AdiGodrej, whom he fondly referred to as ‘Adi uncle’ Mr. MilindDeora assured AILBIEA of all possible assistance from hisMinistry to boost Liquid Bulk Trade and offered to meetthe association’s Managing Committee members at anysuitable time.

President’sMessage:

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The presence of largenumber of Revenueofficials, including theimpacting presence ofMrs. Shobha Chary-Member, Central Board ofExcise and Customs[C.B.E.C.] was a shot inthe arm for us. This onlywent to prove that theCustoms department hadcome a long way inreaffirming their tradefriendly attitude. Theirpresence has sentpositive signals in thetrades circles, and this should certainly boost the confidenceof Trade to great levels.

The presence of MbPT Chairman – Mr. Rajiv Gupta andDy. Chairman Mr. Ravi Parmar along with host of other seniorofficials of MbPT, too, was a testimony to the goodwillAILBIEA enjoys.

Time and again, over thirteen, in succession, AILBIEA hasbeen striving to bring the Trade, Customs, Port and otherGovernmental bodies together to systematize proceduresand have a very healthy interaction. Though the responsefrom the Customs, Port and other Governmental authoritieshas been encouraging, sadly the response from the Tradeis PATHETIC. The apathy shown towards EXIM trade andtowards the import and export operations by MAJORITY ofthe importers and exporters is appalling and worthy of beingcondemned and admonished.

The root and main cause for rise in corruption, corruptpractices and in vitiating the environment lies at thedoorstep of majority of Importers and Exporters, and, theyhave to be blamed for being primarily responsible forcreation of such horrendous situation. What, with mindlesscost cutting measures, engaging services of inexperiencedand unqualified vendors [basing the criteria solely on lowestrates] and failing to check the antecedents and reputationof such vendors engaged by them, results in erosion ofethical values and allows mal practices and unhealthy trendsto creep in and establish themselves.

Time has come for the government to evaluate and gradethe importers and exporters on the basis of their operationalpolicies and engaging of trusted, experienced and reputedvendors. This will also help the government to keep aninternal check on their systems and will stem the flow ofcorrupt practices and will keep all unscrupulous elementsout of the loop.

Mr. Adi Godrej, Chairman, GodrejGroup of Companies addressingthe 12th Anniversary celebration.

Mr. Milind Deora Hon’bleMinister for Shipping,IT and Communication.

With warm regards,Jayyannt Lapsiaa, President

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AILBIEA’s Grand 12th Anniversary Celebration Shri AdiGodrej felicitated for being conferred the prestigiousPadma Bhushan Award.

The All-India Liquid Bulk Importers & ExportersAssociation (AILBIEA) celebrated its much awaited12th anniversary at Hotel Trident in Mumbai. TheAILBIEA Stellar Awards Ceremony which was partof the grand evening sought to honour theorganizations that have been instrumental infacilitating and promoting EXIM trade.

In his welcome address, Mr. Jayyannt Lapsiaa theAILBIEA President introduced and greeted all thedignitaries present and set the ball rolling for aninformative and entertaining evening.

Mr. Milind Deora, Hon’ble Minister for Shipping,IT and Communication graced the occasion as theChief Guest. The other guests of honour includedMs. Shobha Chary, CBEC Member (Personaland Vigilance), Mr. Nadir B Godrej, ManagingDirector, Godrej Industries Ltd, Mr. A.K. Kaushal,Chief Commissioner of Customs – Mumbai Zone I,Shri C S Prasad, Chief Commissioner of Customs,JNPT, Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Chairman, MbPT, Mr. AnishChandaria, Managing Director & CEO, Aegis,Mr. G. Chandrashekhar, Hon. Advisor, AILBIEA.

Mr. Jayyant Lapsiaa addressing the gathering. Also seen (from L to R) Mr. G. Chandrasekhar,Mr. C.S. Prasad, Mr. A.K. Kaushal, Ms. Shobha Chary, Mr. Milind Deora, Mr. Adi B. Godrej, Mr. Nadir B. Godrej, Mr. RajivGupta and Mr. Anish Chandaria

“AILBIEANEWS” turns 1 yearThis issue celebrates the First Anniversary of “AILBIEANEWS”. (All India LiquidBulk Import Export Association (AILBIEA) is India’s pioneer trade body for orderlypromotion of Exim trade in liquid bulk cargoes (crude and related mineral oils,vegetable oil, industrial oils, chemicals, petro-chemicals, ethanol etc). It gives megreat satisfaction and joy to see the steady improvement in its content andpresentation and its enhanced circulation. I am sure our readers would like to joinme in congratulating the Editor Mr. Raghu Warrier, Mr. Kishore Chainani andMs. Sneha Raman, Coordinators at AILBIEA.

– Jayyannt Lapsiaa – President

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Mr. Adi Godrej receiving the AILBIEA’S CITATION fromthe Honourable Minister of state for Shipping, IT & Communications ShriMilind Deora at the 12th Anniversary Sparkling “Stellar Awards”Ceremony. Also seen in the photograph distinguished Guest of HonourMrs.Shobha Chary, CBEC Member (Personnel and Vigilance) and Mr.Jayyannt Lapsiaa, President of AILBIEA.

The august gathering had assembled to celebrate the12th anniversary of AILBIEA and to felicitate Mr. AdiGodrej for receiving the Padma Bhushan Award.Mr. Adi Godrej, a long standing patronof AILBIEA was unanimously hailed as the Captain ofIndian Business. To honour his achievementand invaluable contribution to the success of IndianIndustry, Mr.Milind Deora presented him with a citationon behalf ofAILBIEA.

Mr. Deora laidemphasis on thesignificance ofthe liquid bulkindustry as thechief sourceof revenue forthe country’se x c h e q u e rconsidering thatIndia is thesecond largestimporter of crudeoil in the worldand also a majorimporter of edibleoil.

He informed the gathering that that the Ministry ofShipping was developing several measures to drawprivate investment in major ports leading to efficiencyand all round modernization. Efforts were also beingmade to bring down the rate of overall capacityutilization at the Ports from the current nearly 93 percent to a more acceptable 65 percent which was morein line with global standards.

He commended AILBIEA for effectively interactingwith the Ministry, ports and other government

departments and ironing out the problems affectingtrade. He assured AILBIEA members of the full supportof his Ministry and resolving the grievances faced byimporters and exporters.

In an endearing moment Mr. Deora described the natureof his personal relationship with Mr. Adi Godrej whois a close family friend. Being a former protégé of

Mr. Adi Godrej,Mr. Deora spokeof the admirablequalities heobserved in hisformer mentorand extolled theintegrity andhigh moral codewith whichMr. Godrej hadconducted hisprofessional life.He especiallymentioned theimportance givenby Mr. Godrejto Corporateg o v e r n a n c eand socialresponsibility.

Accepting the AILBIEA Citation, Mr. Adi Godrejcommended AILBIEA’s work and wished the associationmore success in the future.

One of the highlights of the evening was the poemrecited by the Byron of Business, Mr. Nadir Godrej.With his trademark wit and insight, Mr. Nadir Godrejthrew light on the concerns and issues plaguing theLiquid bulk Trade.

!!! Congratulations !!!

on its 1st Anniversary

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CBEC Member and erstwhile Chief Commissioner ofMumbai Customs, Mrs Shobha Chary noted thesignificant role played by AILBIEA to bring industryand government departments together to facilitateExim trade. She also applauded Mr. Godrej on hisPadma Bhushan Award.

The Customs Commissioners of both Mumbai and JNPTinspired confidence to Industry with their address.Mr. A. K. Kaushal, Chief Commissioner –MumbaiCustoms guaranteed the trade of the fullencouragement and backing of Customs and Mr. C. S.Prasad shed light on the efforts undertaken by JawaharNehru Custom House to ensure a speedy and efficientclearance of cargo. He stressed on the fact that thecustoms considers itself a facilitator of EXIM tradeand the open door policy followed by JNCH to ensuretransparency and growth.

The Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT), Mr. RajeevGupta, spoke passionately about the Port’s resolve torestructure estate-related issues and optimally put touse various Port Lands that are currently unutilizedand vacant. He assured AILBIEA of his organization’sfull support and assistance in improving liquid bulktrade.

Mr. Anish Chandaria, MD & CEO of Aegis Logistics presentingthe award to Daily Shipping Times.

Mr. Adi B. Godrej presenting award to MbPT ChairmanMr. Rajeev Gupta & Dy. Chairman Mr. Ravi Parmar

Mr. Nadir Godrej presenting award to Mr. Arvind Pradhan ofIMC

Ms. Shobha Chary presenting award to The Federation ofFreight Forwarders Association of India

Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Chairman MbPT presenting award to TheSolvent Extractors Association of India

Mr. Anish Chandaria, Managing Director & CEO, Aegisspoke on the high standards and exceptional level ofsafety compliance set by Aegis Logistics, which hasstate of the art installations at Mumbai, Kochi, Haldiaand Pipavav.

The event also saw AILBIEA confer the prestigious‘AILBIEA Stellar Awards’. The winners were as follows:

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Mr. C.S. Prasad, Chief Commissioner of Customs, JNPTpresenting the award to Exim India

Mr. Amit Mitna of Hindustan Unilever receiving the awardfrom Mr. A. K. Kaushal, Chief Commissioner – Mumbai Custom

Mr. A. K. Kaushal, Chief Commissioner – Mumbai Customspresenting the award to C.J. Shah & Co.

Ms. Shobha Chary, CBEC Member (Personal and Vigilance)presenting the award to Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. for HighestLiquid Bulk Exports of specialized chemicals

Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Chairman, MbPT presenting the award toSanghavi Freight Forwarders for facilitation of EXIM Trade

Mr. C.S. Prasad, Chief Commissioner of Customs, JNPTpresenting the award to Motumal & Co.

Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Chairman, MbPT presenting the award toMr. Rakesh Shah

Mr. Aditya Rasiwasia receiving the award from Mr. AnishChandaria, Managing Director & CEO, Aegis Logistics Limited

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JNPT announces Port performance for 2012-13In the customary meeting with the Port Customersand other stakeholders, the Chairman JNPT, Shri L.Radhakrishnan announced that the JN Port handled64.50 million tonnes of total cargo during the financialyear 2012-13 retaining its position as the top-mostin India for solid cargo and improving its positionfrom third to second in India for total cargo (includingliquid). The containerized cargo was 57.91 milliontonnes, liquid cargo 5.88 million tonnes and thebalance dry bulkand break bulk.JN Port’s 3t e r m i n a l shandled 4.26million TEUs ofcontainers in2012-13 - JNPCT1.21 millionTEUs, NSICT (DPWorld) 1.04million TEUs, andGTICT (M/s. APMTerminals) 2.01million TEUs. JNPort remains the largest among all the major ports inIndia in container handling with a share of 55.25% in2012-13.

Highlights:

1) At JNPT’s own container terminal JNPCT, trafficcontinued to increase spectacularly by 17.53% in2012-13. Thus JNP Container Terminal traffic hasincreased by 37.86% over the last two years.

2) Gateway Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. of APM Terminalshandled 2.01 million TEUs, 6.13% more than thelast year.

Shri Radhakrishnan stated that all the three projectsof JNPT bid out have been awarded – two last year(dredging and 330 m. extension) and one awarded in2011-12 to the PSA consortium was dropped by them.Now steps are underway to develop additional capacityto match the demand from trade by developing the4th Container terminal of 4.8 million TEUs capacityas two projects. The 330 meter quay extension of 0.8million TEUs capacity, awarded to DP world is expectedto be constructed in just over a year after signing the

concession agreement. The second phase dredgingproject for deepening the channel to 17 meters toaccommodate the new generation vessels has beenprepared by M/s. TCE and Ernst and Young jointly andwill be ready for bidding early next year. An SEZ of267 ha. of area as the first phase is pending forapproval of the Ministry. The land development canbe done in a year. The 5th mega container terminal atNhava of additional 10 million TEUs capacity is being

re-designed byM/s. URS-ScottWilson followingthe Governmentd i r e c t i v eregarding the sealink over it. Anadditional liquidh a n d l i n gcapacity of 30 m.tonnes perannum has beendesigned by L&TRamboll, as aPPP project.

M/s. Howe India Pvt. Ltd. is designing additional bulk/break bulk berths of 75 m. tonnes p.a. capacity withmodern facilities. Logistics park and green initiativesfor generation of non-conventional energy and waterconservation are some other projects in the pipeline.The Chairman expressed gratitude for the support fromport customers, partner terminal operators, employees,trade and other stakeholders for the success of allJNPT’s activities.

The Deputy Chairman Shri N.N.Kumar welcomed allstakeholders, terminal operators and congratulated APMTerminals for their record performance and JNPT TrafficDepartment for handling 1.21 million TEUs at JNPCT.

Shri S.K. Kaul, Chief Manager (Admn.) & Secy. thankedall stakeholders, terminal operators, unionrepresentatives and CISF and gave the credit forachievements to the dynamic leadership of theChairman Shri L. Radhakrishnan, under whoseleadership, long pending issues like the deepeningand widening of Channel, and the allotment of 12.5%land to the PAPs which was pending for 25 years,were resolved.

Shri L. Radhakrishnan, IAS, Chairman, JNPT, announces results. Also seen are ShriN.N.Kumar, IRS, Dy. Chairman, JNPT, Shri P.K.Agrawal, CEO, APM Terminals, Capt.Anil Singh, Sr.V.P. and MD, DP World Sub-Continent, Shri S.K.Kaul, Chief Manager(Admn.) & Secy. and Shri S.N. Maharana, Chief Manager (Traffic).

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IMC sets goals for FY 13-141. What are the current major projects and

initiatives being undertaken by the Chamber forthe year 2013-14?

Ans:a. Setting up of various Skill Development Centres in

Maharashtra. (5 have already started functioningof those 4 are in Navi Mumbai and 1 is in Nashik)

b. India Calling Conference to China (Shanghai andGuangzhou)

c. Finance and Banking Conferenced. Setting up of an IMC Students’ Forum – Forum is

already a major organ for interface with the youth.e. Inclusive Innovation Awards awarded for best

inclusive innovationf. IT Awardsg. Fusion – An event of the Sports, Media and

Entertainment to showcase developments in thisarea including convergence of technologies.

h. “Impact” – an event by IMC Ladies’ Wing for WomenEmpowerment

i. An Exhibition by the Ladies’ Wingj. Training programme on ipad, Cloud Computing,

Blackberry etc.2. How do you compare the performance of Indian

Exporters and Importers in the current globaleconomic context? What do you think isresponsible for them not realizing their fullpotential?Ans:The performance of Indian exporters and importersis not up to the mark in the current global economiccontext. The dismal state of the global economy islargely to blame for it. Continuing sluggishness in

the developed worldsuggests that we need toshift our focus moretowards domestic demandand expanding trade withthe emerging economies,particularly those in theBRICS bloc.

3. How do you review thetrade policy and assistance of the Union andState government? Has policy paralysis affectedlong term Indian economic growth?Ans:The trade policy and assistance of the Union andState Government is, by and large, on the righttrack, though a lot more needs to be done. Fightinginflation and treading the path of fiscalconsolidation has to be the Government’s topmostpriority. The looming challenge is to enable thekey drivers of growth – infrastructure,manufacturing, transportation, housing andagriculture – progress sustainably. In all theseareas, improvement is definitely being made,though not always as rapidly as we would like itto be. Thus, policy paralysis will not impact India’slong term economic growth.

4. AILBIEA had the honour of recognizing thecontribution of IMC at the recently concludedStellar Award Ceremony. What is your feedbackabout your interaction with trade associationslike AILBIEA?Ans:We value our relationship with you and will doeverything possible to ensure that it goes fromstrength to strength.

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